The Ruxton

The Ruxton reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   hervie

   Baltimore2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Best food this side of the hemisphere! I'm so disappointed in all of the other so called upscale steakhouses I've visited. 5 stars all around.
   

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   Covella VIP

   Washington DC7 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Overall a great experience, the food was delicious. We did feel a bit rushed and it’s difficult to have a conversation because it’s a bit noisy.
   

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   Kathleen

   Washington DC3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Everything was amazing the only thing I would improve is the heavy bar/music noise in the dining room.
   

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   Kiara

   Washington DC1 review

   2.0

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   I was really excited to try The Ruxton, I had this place bookmarked for months and was looking forward to the evening. My friend and I attended a play nearby at the Lyric theater that afternoon, midway through the performance we decided to book a reservation for an early evening meal at 7:45pm. We arrived at The Ruxton and valeted at 7:51pm. Upon entering the host area I informed the hostess that we had a 7:45pm reservation, she furrowed her brows slightly and rushed toward the dining room. After another 10 mins, I glanced at my watch to see it was now 8:06pm and we had not been seated yet while another party, seemingly larger, came right in (missing a guest) and was sat. After approaching the hostess stand to confer on the delay, the young lady informed us our table was ready and then hurried us over to a gorgeous booth. A gentleman that was not our server immediately came over to give us water. After looking at the menu, eventually our waiter arrived (a different individual than who provided water), and this gentleman informed us that is was Ruxton policy to take the entirety of our order at one time, after communicating we were famished and would love some bread he then reminded us again that it was policy to order all at once and that the chefs were trained to prepare and release the courses properly. He then disappeared until eventually we requested to speak to the manager, and by that time it was 8:27pm, nearly an hour past our reservation time and we had practically just been sat and had not received a cocktail or table bread. Graciously the general manager came to our table to inform us that there was an internet issue regarding reservations, order system, even the music was not functioning properly. I understood and informed him that we were not interested in making a bad situation worse but did want to communicate our displeasure and hoped to constructively provide criticism. At approximately 8:38pm our cocktails and table bread finally appeared. 2/10
   

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   Tyrell

   Baltimore2 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on April 5, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   Whoever was cooking used excessive amounts of salt! I had to send my steak back and I couldn’t eat my sides. Even my appetizer was hyper salted!!! I had the Waygu Sliders!!!
   

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   Amoni

   Greater Boston1 review

   5.0

   Dined on April 4, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Everything was great from the service to the food. the warm butter cake was soooooo good omg
   

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   Jana VIP

   Baltimore44 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 3, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Ambiance is incredible, energetic noise level with a great playlist, top notch service and delicious food!
   

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   Michael VIP

   Atlanta6 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on April 3, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Great spot for dining, however it’s always noisy in the dining room regardless of where you’re seated.
   

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   Abdulsalam VIP

   Italy23 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on April 1, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Brought my daughter to have a nice dinner, the hist, waiter and the place was great.I totally agree with dress code for a special elegant dinner and the text we receive but when I see its not in effect I wonder!! We ordered beef tartar that was so spicy and lost the taste of a good tartar, I prefer i do the spread .We also Had Cesar salad that was top notch but the crostini was so hard it should be little soft so can suck the dressing.My tenderloin steak was great but sauce au Poivre was somehow bland need more flavor. The macaroni and cheese was great. The lime cheesecake was ok but not to the standard of this venue.We enjoyed the ambiance even though we where seated last table in the corner near a black curtain.
   

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    Michael

    Baltimore1 review

    3.0

    Dined on March 31, 2025

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    The restaurant is nice and pretty the service was good but the food was okay wasn’t as good as people made it seem at all. The salmon didn’t have a taste like it wasn’t seasoned. Then they make you pay for your own slice of bday cake it was only $2.75 but it’s the principle. Most places don’t make you pay for a cake they gave you it’s not like you asked. Overall i wouldn’t go again
    

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